Clear Water
Glass-clear, with light dancing underneath.
Your desktop, underwater.
Real water physics on your Mac. Tilt the lid and it flows, rock it and it splashes.
Your MacBook is the controller.
Tilt.
Lean the screen back and the water climbs the glass. Bring it upright and it settles into a pool.
Rock.
Wiggle the lid and waves slosh from side to side. Flick it and droplets leap off the surface.
Stir.
Drag the pointer through the water to leave a wake. Everything underneath still clicks.
Four liquids.
Clear water, lagoon, mercury and lava. Switch between them from the menu bar.
Lagoon
Bright tropical turquoise.
Mercury
Heavy liquid chrome that mirrors your screen.
Lava
Slow glowing magma under a cracked crust.
Built with care.
It bends what's underneath.
Windows, text and icons refract through the surface like a real glass tank.
Private by design.
Screen frames go to the GPU and are thrown away. Nothing is recorded or sent.
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Easy on battery.
When the water settles, the simulation sleeps.
Lives in your menu bar.
Fill, drain, splash and switch liquids from one small drop.
Gone in a keystroke.
Drain or refill the water from any app, whenever you need your screen back.
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$2.99
Pay once. Download. Done.
No subscription and no account. After checkout you get a direct download link for the app.
IncludesAll four liquids
Runs onApple silicon and Intel
RequiresmacOS 14 or later
Lid tilt needs a MacBook with a lid angle sensor.
Questions.
How do I get the app after buying?
Right after checkout you receive a download link by email. Open the DMG, drag Liquid Desktop into Applications and launch it. It appears as a drop in your menu bar.
Which Macs does it work on?
Any Mac on macOS 14 Sonoma or later. Following the lid needs a MacBook that reports its lid angle. Without one, the water still flows, stirs under your pointer and splashes on a shortcut.
Why does it ask for Screen Recording?
To bend what's underneath, the app needs a live image of your screen, and macOS calls that Screen Recording. Each frame is used on the graphics card and discarded. Nothing is saved or sent. You can decline, and the water is drawn without refraction.
Can I keep working while the water is showing?
Yes. The water ignores clicks, so everything underneath works as usual. Press Control Option Command L to drain it.
Is it a subscription?
No. You pay once and keep it.
